On 4/3/2021 4:30 AM, between "JIM WELLER - AUGUST ABOLINS":

>  AA> https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/latvias-historic-cold-pin
>  AA> e-cone-s oup-makes-a-comeback.a398580/
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> It is in fact a real thing. It was desperate survival food though.
> Here's another article on the subject, not published on April 1...
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> https://tinyurl.com/pine-cone-soup

That is most interesting.  I passed that on to the original people that sent me the cold-pine-cone-soup story.

> And ...
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> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
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>       Title: Pettu and Famine Food in Norway
>  Categories: Wild, Misc
>       Yield: 1 info file
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>            Tree bark
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>   In Norway, cambium was used as a famine food to make barkebroed
>   (bark bread).

That is interesting too.  There is a local fellow in my area who published a book (which I sell in my shop) http://ashlies.ca/?p=1551

In it are recipes using tree bark, buds, etc.

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